(Thursday Thoughts)

So this is not a proper post because I'm currently "vacationing" at my childhood home in Florida. I brought some crochet along (of course) and I'll be working on my "SNUGGLES" this evening while I visit with family.

What project do you bring on vacation? Granny Squares? Flowers? Charity projects? Whatever you're working on at the time? Leave me a comment, I wanna hear about it! :)

Make a Difference (Thursday Thoughts)

 Looking for an easy way to make a difference? A church member, Jennifer, recently began SNUGGLES, a work at your own pace opportunity to do some good in this world.

Here's some information in her own words: 

"Dear Friends,

        I was very blessed to have had the privilege to travel to South Africa on a mission trip last October. While there we discovered a need for blankets for the small children that attend the sometimes poorly furnished day cares. While we cannot change all the poverty in the world, we CAN make a difference in the lives of many and so project SNUGGLES was started. SNUGGLES is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing knit or crocheted 6x6 inch yarn squares that will be sewn together (in Africa) into small blankets for the children in the day care centers of South Africa. If you are interested in joining me or know of anyone (friends, grandmothers, aunts, knitting clubs, yarn shops, etc) that you can pass along the information to or who would be interested in this adventure please let me know. Squares of any quantity, any color, any yarn are accepted. Not a knitter or don't know how to crochet? No problem, donations of yarn or monetary contributions are accepted to help assist in the making of these squares and shipping costs to Africa.

        Please consider supporting this life changing experience with your contribution today. It is such a blessing to know that something so small to us can and will make such a difference in the well being of these small children. 

       For addition information please contact me at: snuggles.sa [at] gmail.com."

 I have a whopping 7 squares to contribute thus far (they're great stash busters, by the way), but with my 7, and your 7, and that friend you always wanted to teach to crochet's 7... well, you see where this is going.

 I intentionally left her mailing address out of the pictures/her open letter to protect Jennifer's privacy. Please contact her via email ( snuggles.sa [at] gmail.com ) for more information!

I'm Starting a Blog? (Thursday Thoughts)

 I crazy love crochet. I love creating beautiful things. I love following in the tradition of my Grandmother. I love always having *something* on hand to give for a last-minute gift, I love the way the yarn loops and tugs and pulls through and around itself. I love it so much I started dreaming up patterns- literally. Crochet is my outlet for all of life's stress. But my outlet needed an outlet. So now, I blog.

Here's my purple chair. I like to sit and watch my boys play while I make something fun, for me, for them, and now I can share it with you.

This is the guy who inspired it all. A little owl friend I made for my boys, on a whim just because I love them.

His pattern, fondly referred to as "Owl Be Your Friend!" is *Coming Soon* to my Etsy shop. Happy Hooking!